Courses are developed by professionals with extensive experience,
and most hold a Masters or Ph.D.

Certificates are immediately generated with the passing of course
test. Certificates may be emailed or downloaded directly to your computer
and printed out. Certificates contain your name, course title, hours credited,
and date.

Testimonials
from Foster/Adoptive Families

"I love this site! The classes are wonderful and your customer service is incredible!
" - Stacy

"I am a former DSHS employee who taught foster parents, wrote
curriculum, and worked with foster/adopt/relative placement families.
I find myself now wearing the shoes of an adoptive parent of 9 and still
required to meet the training requirements for foster care. I have taken
just about every class the planet can offer, and I STILL enjoy the quality,
quantity, and profession information and presentation of your Online
Training Program. You have saved my sanity on training. I find myself
giggling with you, hoping with you, and learning with you. Thanksabunch!!"
- MaryJo

"I just finished the course on Anger Management. My goal was
to do the reading, take the test and be done with it. Well, surprise,
surprise. I loved it!!! The lesson had so much more information in it
than just about anger management. It touched on different ways we see
the acting out of children (and adults) who are experiencing episodes
of unresolved anger. I am a believer in your site and will be visiting
often and telling all of my friends. Thanks." Jocelyn

"I am in the process of adopting a child born to a mother who
was both drug and alcohol dependent. It was necessary for me to get
6 credits to maintain my foster/adoption parent status, but none of
the programs offered in my area seemed to relate to my child. I found
your site by accident, and not only did I find the credits, but very
useful information to help me deal with this wonderful challenge I have
been entrusted with. Although I have the credits I need, I will continue taking the training
you offer, it is just what the Dr ordered." Marian

"I have read many books, literature and websites but never have
I felt someone hit the nail on the head until now. This is exactly what
it is like and every word is in layman's terms and easy to understand
and easy to take a medical jargon and make it real and apply to ones
life and child. I feel at times like she must be looking at us through
a two way mirror because she has this down to a fine art. I wish i could
have people in my life who understand what it is I go through and what
it is she goes through and why she does what she does. Now I feel as
if I do have that type of support. I couldn't do this without programs
like this and people like all of you, that care enough to start a website
like this." -- Sheralyn

"I will add that these trainings are not only of incredible value
and taught by some wonderful and experienced professionals, but are
very convenient to take. No farming out the children and using valuable
respite hours to go do a training. No driving, parking, uncomfortable
chair to sit in for hours, interruptions and hoping for a little something
to come home with. I have printed out each training and saved it in
a notebook for future reference. After having close to 80 babies and
over 200 older foster children in my home, and with still much more
to learn, I want to thank you so much for these excellent training's."
-- Dr. Heidi McLain, foster Mom!

"I truly enjoy the courses and find them much more informative
than other sites and many reference materials. Besides being written
where they are easily understood, I have found them to be very comprehensive.
I have shared articles with psychologists and therapists who also found
them to be truly worthwhile and have recommended the site to other patients."
-- Vickie

"Your training is the only approved training our families are
allowed to get credit from. I appreciate your service!" --
Ruth

"I cannot thank you enough for this affordable convenient training. I've studied five courses so far and have learned more in the last week than in months of dealing with caseworkers and other DFS personnel. I needed a lifeline and have found a fine one with your service. I have all the credit hours required but I wont stop now! Thank you thank you thank you!
" --
Susan

"The "Aspergers, Autism & Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders' course was outstanding. You get such a wealth of knowledge from your courses, we love them." --
Jackie

"This site is easy to follow, very convenient for a busy foster parent of 7 little ones; thanks for making my mandatory training hours so informative and enjoyable!" -- Keecia

"Your classes inform me more than my child's therapist about
how to help him." -- Mariana

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In addition
to serving foster parents, FCAC is now approved for Social Worker/MFT
CEU credits by:

"I have been blessed with your online training and literature;
I am also a ABC Model Trainer, Social worker, Counselor, teacher for
the gifted and formal University Instructor, and I am so pleased and
feel rewarded! because, I am learning skills that no one previously
mentioned to me...." - Yolanda, NY

"The best course I've taken. Easy to follow, well written." - Texas

"Over the past 4 days I've completed a total of 30 CEUs from
various sites. The content of your courses was the best, and the price
was the least! AMAZING!" - Virginia

"Content was really great as always and the price is awesome. Thanks again." - Texas

"Thanks VERY much for providing excellent, accessible training at a VERY reasonable price!" - Oregon

"Very informative in easy to understand terms. I can use this information
to help those I manage better understand the children in which they
work." Jada - Alabama

"I am thrilled with your website. Your information was very thorough and I am looking forward to getting the maximum number of CEU hours from the comfort of my own home using your website." - West Virginia

"This was such a thorough online training course that I found
it to be helpful for keeping up with my Master's level social work skills
as well as professionals who have worked their way through the ranks."

"The course was great...but the price was unbeatable for ceu!!!"
Alabama

"Thank you for a very inexpensive CEU that was just as complete and even more
direct than the expensive ones. It helped me on a tight budget. Keep up the good work."

"This was one of the best trainings I have had recently and was very well-written.
The author was not only very knowledgeable on the subject, but she brought in personal experiences and
gave a lot of practical examples and suggestions of how to help children with this disorder. I will definitely
continue to use your program for training for myself and for my foster parents I supervise."

"Beyond the excellent quality of the trainings, the customer service is exemplary. I called on two occasions and spoke with friendly and helpful individuals. It was refreshing. I would definitely use their continuing education again." - Maine

"Thank you for offering these courses, which are very relevant and interesting at a very reasonable price."
- Alabama

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A
Guide to Foster Parenting - EVERYTHING BUT THE KIDS! By
Mary Ann Goodearle, MS

If
you enjoy her courses you will love the book!
"A Guide to Foster Parenting: Everything But The Kids!"
is a journey you will travel alongside Mary as she writes about ways to
make your vocation as a foster parent a long and rewarding experience.

"My
primary goal and theme throughout the book is to help foster parents improve
the climate in which they work and live. Children need loving and dedicated
foster parents. My hope is that you will stick around and be there
for them for a long time." Mary Goodearle

Mary is a foster parent
trainer, consultant and author. Mary and her husband, Allen, fostered
over 40 children, and are the parents of seven adopted children and two
biological children. Mary is a former Child Protection Social Worker,
Foster Care Coordinator, and State Adoption Social Worker. She taught
classes in Foster Care and Adoption at a community college for nine years
and trained in partnership with the University of Wisconsin providing
workshops and seminars for both foster parents and social workers. Mary
holds a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology and Psychology, and a Master's
Degree in Human Services Management and Public Administration.

Liz
Randolph, MSN, Ph.D works as a family therapist with traumatized children
and adolescents. Her training, research and experience with Attachment
Disorder (AD), traumatized children is offered online and we highly
recommend it. These courses are getting excellent reviews from
those who have taken them.

Dr.
Laws, is a parent by adoption and birth and previously a foster parent. Her
12 children range in age from 11 to 26 years old. Rita, who has a doctorate
in psychology, is the co-author of several books about adoption: "Adoption
and Financial Assistance," "Adopting and Advocating for the Special
Needs Child," "Adoption Digest: Stories of Joy, Loss and the Journey".
She lives and writes and spoils her grandchildren in rural Oklahoma.
Dr. Laws has written and had published over 600 articles and is no stranger
to the Foster Care & Adoptive Community website.

"Creating
A Healing Environment for Children is a course which has grown out
of many years of research by Karyn Purvis, Ph.D. and David Cross, Ph.D.
Karyn and David are co-founders of the Adoption Project, which is an outreach
program of the Developmental Research Lab at TCU, directed by David. The
Adoption Project consists of research and intervention; student, parent,
and professional training; as well as advocacy in the greater child-welfare
community. The Hope Connection is the centerpiece of the Adoption Project
and consists of a five-week summer day camp for at-risk adopted children
and their parents. The camp program is unique in that it is a research-based
intervention and has gathered dynamic data for six years, which have been
used to empower adoptive parents and their children. David was a foster
child himself, and Karyn served as foster parent to many children in addition
to having two adopted grandchildren of her own. In addition to working
in the Adoption Project and Hope Connection, David and Karyn work actively
in child advocacy and speak frequently at parent and professional meetings.